Fig. 29. FLOTVEHS OF MYRTLE. 



MYRTLE AND EUCALYPTUS. 



CHAPTEE X. 



"Know'st thou the land where the lemon trees bloom, 

 Where the gold orange blows in the deep thicket's gloom, 

 Where a wind ever soft from the blue heaven blows, 

 And the groves are of laurel, and myrtle, and rose ? " 



GOETHE. 



To the Myrtle family belong a number of aromatic 

 plants, such as the Clove (Caryophyllus), and the 

 Allspice (Eugenia). The following are also allied : 

 Eucalyptus, Melaleuca, Metrosideros, Gu&\Si(Psidium), 

 and Brazil nut (Bertholtetia) ; all cultivated here 

 with the exception of the last mentioned. The 

 Guava is so closely allied that it may be grafted 

 on the Myrtle. 



Five or six dozen species of Eucalyptus are 

 grown on the Riviera ; at any rate over sixty appear 

 in the list of the Villa Thuret gardens at Antibes. 

 The tree is rich in an essential oil, and the aromatic 



